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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Last Night Everything Old Is New Again

Posted by on Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:03 PM

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Back in 1996, Darius Rucker led Hootie and the Blowfish to triumph at the 1996 Grammy Awards, where the band was named the year's Best New Artist.

Last night, a solo Darius Rucker was named New Artist of the Year at the 43rd Country Music Association Awards. From the New York Times:

Mr. Rucker won New Artist of the Year, the first African-American so honored, was nominated for Male Vocalist of the year, a category no African-American had won (or been nominated in) since Charley Pride in 1972. In what was presumably a ploy to make him appear part of the country crowd, Mr. Rucker spent half of his performance in the audience — almost without fail, his was the only black face visible.

But Mr. Rucker fit in in every other way: he performed “Alright,” about the humble pleasures of the simple, stable life. “Don’t need no concert in the city/I got a stereo and ‘The Best of Patsy Cline’ ” — never mind that Mr. Rucker was in fact singing at a concert in a city.

After Glenn Beck, Darius Rucker is my favorite American performance artist.

 

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Trent Moorman 1
I see the pepper in the background. But is that also bacon?
Posted by Trent Moorman on November 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM

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